Stories of the South : race and the Reconstruction of southern identity, 1865-1915 /
Prince, K. Stephenauthor.
"In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, the North assumed significant power to redefine the South, imagining a region rebuilt and modeled on northern society. The white South actively resisted these efforts, battling the legal strictures of Reconstruction on the ground. Meanwhile, white southern storytellers worked to recast the South's image, romanticizing the Lost Cause and heralding the birth of a New South. Prince argues that this cultural production was as important as political competition and economic striving in turning the South and the nation away from the egalitarian promises of Reconstruction and toward Jim Crow"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Reconstruction, 1865-1880 -- Part II. Construction, 1880-1895 -- Part III. Destruction, 1890-1915.
"In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, the North assumed significant power to redefine the South, imagining a region rebuilt and modeled on northern society. The white South actively resisted these efforts, battling the legal strictures of Reconstruction on the ground. Meanwhile, white southern storytellers worked to recast the South's image, romanticizing the Lost Cause and heralding the birth of a New South. Prince argues that this cultural production was as important as political competition and economic striving in turning the South and the nation away from the egalitarian promises of Reconstruction and toward Jim Crow"-- Provided by publisher.
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Group identity
National characteristics, American.
Stories of the South.
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